Minister for Magic | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Several Ministers in recent times, from left to right: Cornelius Fudge (1990-1996), Rufus Scrimgeour (1996-1997), Pius Thicknesse (1997-1998) and Kingsley Shacklebolt (1998-c. 2019) The Minister for Magic is the leader of the wizarding community in the United Kingdom and Ireland and the highest ranking member of the Ministry of Magic , which they control. The position somewhat corresponds to the Prime Minister of British Muggles . The Minister is advised on wizarding matters by their staff members and by the other Heads of Departments. They also chair the Wizengamot to pass Wizarding Laws, or to hear important trials (such as Harry Potter 's case), though the verdict is decided by majority vote, including that of the Minister themselves. Many other wizarding countries also have Ministers and have the similar governmental systems such as the Bulgarian minister .

Despite being the head of the wizarding community of Britain and Ireland, it is common for the Minister to uphold a facade of peace and safety to maintain control and the satisfaction of the public, even if it means blatantly lying to the citizens, putting them at risk, and forcing the media to corroborate the Ministries claims. This was a sign of the corruption during the times of the Second Wizarding War . The Minister for Magic was formally appointed in 1707 when Ulick Gamp was voted in as the first Minister for Magic. The minister is democratically elected through a public vote and there is no fixed limit to a Minister's term in office. However, regular elections must be held at a maximum interval of seven years. [1] Contents [ show ] History Albus Dumbledore was offered, but refused, the position on at least three occasions. This was due to Dumbledore's past, leading himself to believe that he was not to be trusted with power. After Millicent Bagnold was preparing to retire, Barty Crouch Snr was the next prime candidate, due to his cruel but effective methods of combating the Dark Arts during the First Wizarding War , until he sentenced his son to Azkaban for being a Death Eater .

It was after his son's presumed death that the public began to take pity on the boy and thought Crouch was too neglectful as a father, which led to a drop in his popularity, causing him to lose out to Fudge. Cornelius Fudge was Minister from 1990 to 1996 . During his first days in office, he was not very confident and, as a result, constantly bombarded Dumbledore with letters for advice . During the last year of his tenure, Fudge was overcome by self-induced persecution delusions because Dumbledore claimed Voldemort had returned, and abused his own position to prevent that news from spreading, in order to protect both his position of power and the peace that the Ministry had worked so hard to maintain. In the end, when Fudge was forced to accept that Voldemort had indeed returned, the entire wizarding community called for his resignation and, after a fortnight of futile attempts to remain in office, in July 1996 he was replaced by Rufus Scrimgeour .

Scrimgeour's term ran for one year, in which he was little better than Fudge, despite his aura of experience and pro-activity; he created cover-ups and detained incorrect suspects to make it look as though he was accomplishing something. Making the same mistakes as his predecessor, he gave little chance to build up any effective defence as a whole, and it eventually cost him his life when he was overwhelmed and killed in August of 1997 , with the official line saying that he had resigned. He was replaced by Voldemort 's puppet, Pius Thicknesse . Thicknesse, under Yaxley 's Imperius Curse , was appointed as Minister, though he was really only Voldemort's puppet, with the Dark Lord effectively becoming the true Minister. While Thicknesse was to handle everyday business, which included changing the entire Ministry to suit the Death Eaters' ideology, Voldemort was free to extend his reign beyond the government. Voldemort did not announce himself Minister, but instead kept himself hidden in the shadows, in order to plant uncertainty and doubt within the wizarding community, preventing them from trusting anyone and forming any rebellion that may have overwhelmed the Ministry and the Death Eaters.

By the end of the war , Kingsley Shacklebolt was appointed as temporary Minister, the position later becoming permanent. His term led to the revolutionising of the entire Ministry, removing any and all corruption that had permeated it before and during the takeover. By 2019 , Hermione Granger had succeeded Kingsley as Minister for Magic. List of British Ministers of Magic 18th century Deputy Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement Had previously been one of the top Ministry employees during Shacklebolt's massive reform of the Ministry, a progressive voice who ensured the eradication of oppressive, pro-pureblood laws. Timeline Relationship to the Muggle Prime Minister One of the Minister for Magic's duties is to correspond with the British Prime Minister of Muggles regarding any ongoing events in the wizarding world that will or may affect the United Kingdom as a whole. e.g. Voldemort 's return. This includes introducing themselves to the Muggle Prime Minister, should there be a change in office on either side. A small portrait in the corner of the Prime Minister's office serves as an envoy between the two Ministers. It announces the arrival of the Minister for Magic, seeking the Prime Minister's reply (usually acquiescence to the unavoidable).

It is believed that a Permanent Sticking Charm must have been placed on the portrait, for neither the Prime Minister nor his experts were able to remove it from its location. Known correspondences Sometime between 1990 and 1993 , Fudge introduced himself to the newly elected Muggle Prime Minister and informed him of the existence of the magical population living among Muggles in secret. Fudge assured the Muggle Prime Minister that they would likely not see each other again unless there was an emergency. Fudge also claimed that the previous Prime Minister had tried to throw him out of the window, believing him to be a hoax planned by his political opposition. In around July 1993 , Fudge visited the Prime Minister's office again, to inform him of Sirius Black 's breakout from Azkaban , the wizard prison. On this visit, Fudge also told the Prime Minister about Voldemort, in order to allow the Prime Minister to have an in-depth understanding of what was going on, though as he dared not say the name out loud, he instead scribbled it on a piece of paper.

In August 1994 , Fudge turned up to report on the fiasco at the Quidditch World Cup , since its victims included Muggles . He also informed a bewildered Prime Minister that the Ministry of Magic would be importing dragons and a sphinx into Great Britain for the Triwizard Tournament , taking place at Hogwarts later that year. Sometime prior to July 1996, a flustered Fudge appeared in the Prime Minister's office briefly to inform him that there had been a mass breakout from Azkaban , the wizard prison. Around July 1996 , Fudge turned up and announced to the Prime Minister that the Second Wizarding War had begun, and admitted that the Dark forces in their community were responsible for the various gloomy and tragic events occurring in the Muggle world. In addition, Fudge introduced his successor, Rufus Scrimgeour . When Voldemort took over the Ministry of Magic , it was possible that the the puppet Minister Pius Thicknesse was not sent to meet the Muggle Minister, as was the tradition in the past, due to the Death Eaters' attitudes towards Muggles and Muggle-borns.

However, once Kingsley Shacklebolt was appointed Minister in 1998 , it is possible, if not likely, that he did meet with the Prime Minister to not only introduce himself (indeed, he had been put in as secretary to the Prime Minister in 1996 to watch over his security) [2] but to assure the Muggle Minister that the war had ended. When Hermione Granger was appointed Minister around 2019, she, like her predecessors, likely also introduced herself to the incumbent Prime Minister. Behind the scenes In the American editions, the Minister is called the Minister of Magic. In the films, both Minister of Magic and Minister for Magic seem to be acceptable, as different characters call it different names. For example, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 , when Scrimgeour arrives at The Burrow, George wonders what the "Minister of Magic" is doing there; likewise, when Kingsley's Patronus interrupts the Bill and Fleur's wedding, he calls the Minister the same thing. However, when Pius Thicknesse gives his speech later in the film, he calls himself the "Minister for Magic". The reason behind this is unknown.

Basil Flack has the distinction of being the Minister for Magic with the shortest known term in office: 2 months, in 1752 . The longest term was that of Faris Spavin , lasting 38 years, from 1865 to 1903 . There has been at least one foreign Minister for Magic with a shorter term then Flack's, though: Joshua Sankara , Minister for Magic of Burkina Faso for two days in 2006 . Apparently, the Minister must get the approval of a Wizengamot majority for any legislation. Since Kingsley's appointment as the next Minister for Magic is omitted from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 , there is no mention of who is appointed to that position after the final battle.

Supposing that the liaison between the Minister for Magic and the Muggle Prime Minister has been conducted in the same way since the Ministry's inception, as well as supposing that the Muggle Prime Ministers in the Harry Potter universe are all the same as their real-life counterparts, then the following table illustrates the Ministers for Magic that would have introduced themselves to the respective Prime Ministers: Minister for Magic HPL: Quotes by and about Lord Voldemort (Tom Marvolo Riddle) Complete list of bookquotes From Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Hagrid to Harry : "Some say he died. Codswallop, in my opinion. Dunno if he had enough human left in him to die." ( PS4 ) Hagrid to Harry : "Better Hufflepuff than Slytherin," said Hagrid darkly. "There's not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin. You-Know-Who was one." ( PS5 ) Quirrell's lesson from Voldemort , as told to Harry : "There is no good and evil, there is only power...and those too weak to seek it." ( PS17 ) "Don't be a fool," snarled the face.

"Better save your own life and join me ... or you'll meet the same end as your parents .... they died begging me for mercy." ( PS17 ) "How touching ..." it hissed. "I always value bravery ... Yes boy, your parents were brave.... I killed your father first, and he put up a courageous fight ... but your mother needn’t have died … she was trying to protect you ... Now give me the stone unless you want her to have died in vain." ( PS17 ) From Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Tom Riddle to Harry : "Haven't I already told you," said Riddle quietly, "that killing Mudbloods doesn't matter to me any more? For many months now, my new target has been -- you." ( CS17 ) Tom Riddle: " Voldemort ," said Riddle softly, "is my past, present, and future, Harry Potter ." ( CS17 ) Tom Riddle: "So, your mother tried to save you. Yes, that's a powerful counter-charm. I can see now ... there is nothing special about you, after all. I wondered, you see. There are strange likenesses between us, after all. Even you must have noticed.

Both half-blood s, orphans, raised by Muggles. Probably the only two Parselmouths to come to Hogwarts since the Great Slytherin himself. We even look something alike ... but after all, it was merely a lucky chance that saved you from me. That's all I wanted to know." ( CS17 ) Dumbledore to Harry : "He disappeared after leaving the school ... traveled far and wide ... sank so deeply into the Dark Arts, consorted with the very worst of our kind, underwent so many dangerous, magical transformations, that when he resurfaced as Lord Voldemort , he was barely recognizable." ( CS18 ) From Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire "Do not lie to me!" hissed the second voice. "I can always tell, Wormtail!" ( GF1 ) Arthur Weasley: "Ron, You-Know-Who and his followers sent the Dark Mark into the air whenever they killed," said Mr. Weasley. "The terror it inspired ... you have no idea, you’re too young. Just picture coming home and finding the Dark Mark hovering over your house, and knowing what you’re about to find inside...." Mr. Weasley winced. "Everyone’s worst fear ...

the very worst." ( GF9 ) Sirius : "Imagine that Voldemort ’s powerful now. You don’t know who his supporters are, you don’t know who’s working for him and who isn’t; you know he can control people so that they do terrible things without being able stop themselves. You’re scared for yourself, and your family, and your friends. Every week, news comes of more deaths, more disappearances, more torturing ... The Ministry of Magic’s in disarray, they don’t know what to do, they’re trying to keep everything hidden from the Muggles, but meanwhile, Muggles are dying too. Terror everywhere ... panic ... confusion ... that’s how it used to be." ( GF27 ) Dumbledore looked very intensely at Harry for a moment, and then said, "I have a theory, no more than that ... It is my belief that your scar hurts both when Lord Voldemort is near you, and when he is feeling a particularly strong surge of hatred." "But ... why?" "Because you and he are connected by the curse that failed," said Dumbledore .

"That is no ordinary scar." ( GF30 ) Voldemort in the graveyard: "You know of course, that they have called this boy my downfall?" Voldemort said softly, his red eyes upon Harry , whose scar began to burn so fiercely that he almost screamed in agony. "You all know that on the night I lost my powers and my body, I tried to kill him. His mother died in the attempt to save him -- and unwittingly provided him with a protection I admit I had not foreseen.... I could not touch the boy." Voldemort raised one of his long white fingers and put it very close to Harry 's cheek. "His mother left upon him the traces of her sacrifice.... This is old magic, I should have remembered it, I was foolish to overlook it ... but no matter, I can touch him now." ( GF33 ) "I miscalculated, my friends, I admit it. My curse was deflected by the woman's foolish sacrifice, and it rebounded upon myself. Aaah ... pain beyond pain, my friends; nothing could have prepared me for it. I was ripped from my body, I was less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost ... but still, I was alive.

What I was, even I do not know ... I, who have gone further than anybody along the path that leads to immortality. You know my goal – to conquer death. And now, I was tested, and it appeared that one or more of my experiments worked ... for I had not been killed, though the curse should have done it. Nevertheless, I was as powerless as the weakest creature alive..." ( GF33 ) "We bow to each other, Harry ," said Voldemort , bending a little, but keeping his snakelike face upturned to Harry . "Come, the niceties will be observed.... Dumbledore would like you to show manners.... Bow to death, Harry ...." [...] "Very good," said Voldemort softly, and as he raised his wand the pressure bearing down on Harry lifted too. "And now you face me, like a man ... straight-backed and proud, the way your father died... And now -- we duel." ( GF34 ) From Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix "How do you know what his plans are?" Harry asked quickly.

" Dumbledore 's got a shrewd idea," said Lupin, "and Dumbledore 's shrewd ideas normally turn out to be accurate." "So what does Dumbledore reckon he's planning?" "Well firstly, he wants to build up his army again," said Sirius . "In the old days he had huge numbers at his command; witches and wizards he'd bullied or bewitched into following him, his faithful Death Eaters, a great variety of Dark creatures. You heard him planning to recruit giants; well, they'll be just one group he's after." ( OP5 ) Snape to Harry : "It is true, however, that those who have mastered Legilimency are able, under certain conditions, to delve into the minds of their victims and to interpret their findings correctly. The Dark Lord, for instance, almost always knows when somebody is lying to him. Only those skilled at Occlumency are able to shut down those feelings and memories that contradict the lie, and to utter falsehoods in his presence without detection." ( OP24 ) Snape : "The usual rules do not seem to apply to you, Potter. The curse that failed to kill you seems to have forged some kind of connection between you and the Dark Lord.

The evidence suggests that at times, when your mind is most relaxed and vulnerable -- when you are asleep, for instance -- you are sharing the Dark Lord's thoughts and emotions. The headmaster thinks it inadvisable for this to continue. He wishes me to teach you how to close your mind to the Dark Lord." ( OP24 ) Harry to Snape : "How come I saw through the snake's eyes if it's Voldemort 's thoughts I'm sharing? "Do not say the Dark Lord's name!" spat Snape . ( OP24 ) Snape has just made Harry remember Cedric's death: "I told you to empty yourself of emotion!" "Yeah? Well, I'm finding that hard at the moment," Harry snarled. "Then you will find yourself easy prey for the Dark Lord!" said Snape savagely. "Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked this easily -- weak people, in other words -- they stand no chance against his powers!

He will penetrate your mind with absurd ease, Potter!" ( OP24 ) Snape to Harry : "That is just as well, Potter," said Snape coldly, "because you are neither special nor important, and it is not up to you to find out what the Dark Lord is saying to his Death Eaters." "No -- that's your job, isn't it?" Harry shot at him. He had not meant to say it; it had burst out of him in temper. For a long moment they stared at each other, Harry convinced he had gone too far. But there was a curious, almost satisfied expression on Snape 's face when he answered. "Yes, Potter," he said, his eyes glinting. "That is my job." ( OP26 ) Bellatrix to Harry : "You dare speak his name?" whispered Bellatrix . "Yeah," said Harry , maintaining his tight grip on the glass ball, expecting another attempts to bewitch it from him. "Yeah, I've got no problem saying Vol--" "Shut your mouth!" Bellatrix shrieked.

"You dare speak his name with your unworthy lips, you dare besmirch it with your half-blood 's tongue, you dare --" "Did you know he's half-blood too?" said Harry recklessly. Hermione gave a little moan in his ear. " Voldemort ? Yeah, his mother was a witch, but his dad was a Muggle -- or has he been telling you lot he's pure-blood ?" "STUPIF--" ( OP35 ) Battle of the Dept. of Mysteries: "It was foolish to come here tonight, Tom," said Dumbledore calmly. "The Aurors are on their way –" ( OP36 ) "You do not seek to kill me, Dumbledore ?" called Voldemort , his scarlet eyes narrowed over the top of the shield. "Above such brutality, are you?" "We both know there are other ways of destroying a man, Tom." Dumbledore said calmly. "Merely taking your life would not satisfy me, I admit – " "There is nothing worse than death, Dumbledore !" snarled Voldemort . "You are quite wrong," said Dumbledore , still closing in upon Voldemort and speaking as lightly as though they were discussing the matter over drinks.

Harry felt scared to see him walking along, undefended, shieldless. He wanted to cry out a warning, but his headless guard kept shunting him backward toward the wall, blocking his every attempt to get out from behind it. "Indeed your failure to understand that there are things much worse than death has always been your greatest weakness –" ( OP36 ) Dumbledore to Harry : "But I knew too where Voldemort was weak. And so I made my decision. You would be protected by an ancient magic of which he knows, which he despises, and which he has always, therefore, underestimated – to his cost. I am speaking, of course, of the fact that your mother died to save you. She gave you a lingering protection he never expected, a protection that flows in your veins to this day. I put my trust, therefore, in your mother's blood. I delivered you to her sister, her only remaining relative." "She doesn't love me," said Harry at once. "She doesn't give a damn --" "But she took you," Dumbledore cut across him.

"She may have taken you grudgingly, furiously, unwillingly, bitterly, yet still she took you, and in doing so, she sealed the charm I placed upon you. Your mother's sacrifice made the bond of blood the strongest shield I could give you." "I still don't --" "While you can still call home the place where your mother's blood dwells, there you cannot be touched or harmed by Voldemort . He shed her blood, but it lives on in you and her sister. Her blood became your refuge. You need return there only once a year, but as long as you can still call it home, there he cannot hurt you. Your aunt knows this. I explained what I had done in the letter I left, with you, on her doorstep. She knows that allowing you houseroom may well have kept you alive for the past fifteen years." ( OP37 ) Dumbledore to Harry : " Voldemort tried to kill you when you were a child because of a prophecy made shortly before your birth. He knew the prophecy had been made, though he did not know its full contents. He set out to kill you when you were still a baby, believing he was fulfilling the terms of the prophecy.

He discovered, to his cost, that he was mistaken, when the curse intended to kill you backfired. And so since his return to his body, and particularly since your extraordinary escape from him last year, he has been determined to hear that prophecy in its entirety. This is the weapon he has been seeking so assiduously since his return: the knowledge of how to destroy you." ( OP37 ) Dumbledore to Harry : "He chose the boy he thought most likely to be a danger to him," said Dumbledore . "And notice this, Harry . He chose, not the pure-blood (which according to his creed, is the only kind of wizard worth being or knowing), but the half-blood like himself. He saw himself in you before he had ever seen you, and in marking you with that scar, he did not kill you, as he intended, but gave you powers, and a future, which have fitted you to escape him not once, but four times so far -- something that neither your parents, nor Neville's parents, ever achieved." ( OP37 ) Dumbledore to Harry : "There is a room in the Department of Mysteries," interrupted Dumbledore , "that is kept locked at all times.

It contains a force that is at once more wonderful and more terrible than death, than human intelligence, than forces of nature. It is also, perhaps, the most mysterious of the many subjects for study that reside there. It is the power held within that room that you possess in such quantities and which Voldemort has not at all. That power took you to save Sirius tonight. That power also saved you from possession by Voldemort , because he could not bear to reside in a body so full of the force he detests. In the end, it mattered not that you could not close your mind. It was your heart that saved you." Harry closed his eyes. If he had not gone to save Sirius , Sirius would not have died.... More to stave off the moment when he would have to think of Sirius again, Harry asked, without caring much about the answer, "The end of the prophecy ... it was something about ... 'neither one can live...'" "'...while the other survives,'" said Dumbledore . "So," said Harry , dredging up the words from what he felt like a deep well of despair inside him, "so does that mean that ... that one of us has got to kill the other one ... in the end?" "Yes," said Dumbledore .

( OP37 ) The Daily Prophet article: HE-WHO-MUST-NOT-BE-NAMED RETURNS In a brief statement Friday night, Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge confirmed that He-Who-Must-No-Be-Named has returned to this country and is active once more. "It is with great regret that I must confirm that the wizard styling himself Lord -- well, you know who I mean -- is alive and among us again," said Fudge, looking tired and flustered as he addressed reporters. "It is with almost equal regret that we report the mass revolt of the dementors of Azkaban, who have shown themselves averse to continuing in the Ministry's employ. We believe that the dementors are currently taking direction from Lord -- Thingy. "We urge the magical population to remain vigilant.

The Ministry is currently publishing guides to elementary home and personal defense that will be delivered free to all Wizarding homes within the coming month." The Minister's statement was met with dismay and alarm from the Wizarding community, which as recently as last Wednesday was receiving Ministry assurances that there was "no truth whatsoever in these persistent rumors that You-Know-Who is operating amongst us once more." Details of the events that led to the Ministry turn-around are still hazy, though it is believed that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and a select band of followers (known as Death Eaters) gained entry to the Ministry of Magic itself on Thursday evening. Albus Dumbledore , newly reinstated headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, reinstated member of the International Confederation of Wizards, and reinstated Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, was unavailable for comment last night. He has insisted for a year that You-Know-Who was not dead, as was widely hoped and believed, but recruiting followers once more for a fresh attempt to seize power. Meanwhile the Boy Who Lived....

(REST NOT SHOWN) ( OP38 ) < back to Quotes index The Harry Potter Lexicon HPL: Quotes by and about Albus Dumbledore From Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone To Minerva McGonagall: "It's lucky it's dark. I haven't blushed so much since Madame Pomfrey told me she liked my new earmuffs." (PS1) To Minerva McGonagall: "Famous before he can walk and talk! Famous for something he won't even remember! Can't you see how much better off he'll be, growing up away from all that until he's ready to take it?" (PS1) To Minerva McGonagall: "I would trust Hagrid with my life." (PS1) Hogwarts welcome speech: "Nitwit, blubber, oddment, tweak." (PS7) To Harry: "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that." (PS12) "I see myself holding a pair of thick, woolen socks." Harry stared. "One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a pair.

People will insist on giving me books." (PS12) "What happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrel is a complete secret, so, naturally, the whole school knows." (PS17) "After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure." (PS17) "Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself." (PS17) "The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution." (PS17) "Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. He didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark. Not a scar, no visible sign ... to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever. (...) It was agony to touch a person marked by something so good." (PS17) From Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Dobby: "Albus Dumbledore is the greatest headmaster Hogwarts has ever had. Dobby knows it, sir.

Dobby has heard Dumbledore's powers rival those of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named at the height of his strength. But sir" -- Dobby's voice dropped to an urgent whisper -- "there are powers Dumbledore doesn't ... powers no decent wizard ..." (CS2) "It is our choices Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." (CS18) From Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Lupin: "But then Dumbledore became Headmaster, and he was sympathetic. He said that as long as we took certain precautions, there was no reason I shouldn't come to school ..." (PA18) "What we need," said Dumbledore slowly, and his light blue eyes moved from Harry to Hermione, "is more time." (PA21) "Hasn't your experience with the Time-Turner taught you anything, Harry? The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business in deed ....

Professor Trelawney, bless her, is living proof of that....You did a very noble thing, in saving Pettigrew's life." (PA22) To Harry: "You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself plainly when you have need of him. How else could you produce that particular Patronus? Prongs rode again last night." (PA22) From Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Dumbledore looked very intensely at Harry for a moment, and then said, "I have a theory, no more than that ... It is my belief that your scar hurts both when Lord Voldemort is near you, and when he is feeling a particularly strong surge of hatred." "But ... why?" "Because you and he are connected by the curse that failed," said Dumbledore.

"That is no ordinary scar." (GF30) "What made you think he'd really stopped supporting Voldemort, Professor?" Dumbledore held Harry's gaze for a few seconds, and then said, "That, Harry, is a matter between Professor Snape and myself." (GF30) At that moment, Harry fully understood for the first time why people said Dumbledore was the only wizard Voldemort had ever feared. The look upon Dumbledore's face as he stared down at the unconscious form of Mad-Eye Moody was more terrible than Harry could have ever imagined. There was no benign smile upon Dumbledore's face, no twinkle in the eyes behind the spectacles. There was cold fury in every line of the ancient face; a sense of power radiated from Dumbledore as though he were giving off burning heat. (GF35) When Harry told of Wormtail piercing his arm with the dagger, however, Sirius let out a vehement exclamation and Dumbledore stood up so quickly that Harry started. Dumbledore walked around the desk and told Harry to stretch out his arm. Harry showed them both the place where his robes were torn and the cut beneath them. "He said my blood would make him stronger than if he'd used someone else's," Harry told Dumbledore.

"He said the protection my -- my mother left in me -- he'd have it too. And he was right -- he could touch me without hurting himself, he touched my face." For a fleeting instant, Harry thought he saw a gleam of something like triumph in Dumbledore's eyes. (GF36) "I will say it again," said Dumbledore as the phoenix rose into the air and resettled itself upon the perch beside the door. "You have shown bravery beyond anything I could have expected of you tonight, Harry. You have shown bravery equal to those who died fighting Voldemort at the height of his powers. You have shouldered a grown wizard's burden and found yourself equal to it (....)" (GF36) To Cornelius Fudge: "You are blinded," said Dumbledore, his voice rising now, the aura of power around him palpable, his eyes blazing once more, "by the love of the office you hold, Cornelius! You place too much importance, and you always have done, on the so-called purity of blood!

You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow up to be!" (GF36) "If your determination to shut your eyes will carry you as far as this, Cornelius," said Dumbledore, "we have reached a parting of the ways. You must act as you see fit. And I -- I shall act as I see fit." (GF 709) Hagrid: "Great man, Dumbledore. 'S long as we've got him, I'm not too worried." (GF37) End of School feast: "The end," said Dumbledore, looking around at then all, "of another year." He paused, and is eyes fell upon the Hufflepuff table…. (....) "There is much that I would like to say to you all tonight," said Dumbledore, "but first I must acknowledge the loss of a very fine person, who should be sitting here," he gestured toward the Huffelpuffs, "enjoying our feast with us. I would like you all, please, to stand, and raise you glasses, to Cedric Diggory." (…) "Cedric was a person who exemplified many of the qualities that distinguish Huffelpuff house.

He was a good and loyal friend, a hard worker, he valued fair play. His death has affected you all, whether you knew him well or not. I think you have the right, therefore, to know exactly how it came about." Harry raised his head and stared at Dumbledore. "Cedric Diggory was murdered by Lord Voldemort." A panicked whisper swept the Great Hall. People were staring at Dumbledore in disbelief, in horror. He looked perfectly calm as he watched them mutter themselves into silence. "The Ministry of Magic," Dumbledore continued, "does not wish me to tell you this. It is possible that some of your parents will be horrified that I have done so – either because they will not believe that Lord Voldemort has returned, or because they think I should not tell you so, young as you are.

It is my belief, however, that the truth is generally preferable to lies, and that any attempt to pretend that Cedric died as the result of an accident, or some sort of blunder of his own, is an insult to his memory." (snipped the bit about being thankful to Harry) "Every guest in this Hall," said Dumbledore, and his eyes lingered upon the Durmstrang students, "will be welcomed back here at any time, should they wish to come. I say to you all, once again -- in the light of Lord Voldemort's return, we are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. Lord Voldemort's gift for spreading discord and enmity is very great. We can fight it only by showing an equally strong bond of friendship and trust. Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open. "It is my belief -- and never have I so hoped that I am mistaken -- that we are all facing dark and difficult times. Some of you in this Hall have already suffered directly at the hands of Lord Voldemort. Many of your families have been torn asunder. A week ago, a student was taken from our midst.

"Remember Cedric. Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory." (GF37) From Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix An awful voice filled the kitchen, echoing in the confined space, issuing from the burning letter on the table. "REMEMBER MY LAST, PETUNIA." Aunt Petunia looked as though she might faint. (OP2) Dumbledore now swooped down upon one of the fragile silver instruments whose function Harry had never known, carried it over to his desk, sat down facing them again, and tapped it gently with the tip of his wand. The instrument tinkled into life at once with rhythmic clinking noises. Tiny puffs of pale green smoke issued from the miniscule silver tube at the top. Dumbledore watched the smoke closely, his brow furrowed, and after a few seconds, the tiny puffs became a steady stream of smoke that thickened and coiled in the air.... A serpent's head grew out of the end of it, opening its mouth wide.

(...) "Naturally, naturally," murmured Dumbledore apparently to himself, still observing the stream of smoke without the slightest sign of surprise. "But in essence divided?" Harry could make neither head nor tail of this question. The smoke serpent, however, split itself instantly into two snakes, both coiling and undulating in the dark air. With a look of grim satisfaction Dumbledore gave the instrument another gentle tap with his wand. (OP22) The oak doors had swung open. Students beside them scuttled out of the way as Dumbledore appeared in the entrance. What he had been doing out in the grounds Harry could not imagine, but there was something impressive about the sight of him framed in the doorway against an oddly misty night. (OP26) "Dumbledore's army, Cornelius," said Dumbledore, still smiling as he waved the list of names before Fudge's face. "Not Potter's Army, Dumbledore's Army." "But -- but --" Understanding blazed suddenly in Fudge's face. He took a horrified step backward, yelped, and jumped out of the fire again. "You?" he whispered....

(OP27) Cornelius Fudge: "You will now be escorted back to the Ministry, where you will be formally charged, then sent to Azkaban to wait trial!" "Ah" said Dumbledore gently, "yes. Yes, I thought we might hit that little snag." "Snag?" said Fudge, his voice still vibrating with joy. "I see no snag Dumbledore!" "Well," said Dumbledore apologetically, "I'm afraid I do." "Oh really?" "Well – it's just that you seem to be laboring under the delusion that I am going to – what is the phrase – 'Come quietly.' I am afraid I am not going to come quietly at all, Cornelius. I have absolutely no intention of being sent to Azkaban. I could break out, of course – but what a waste of time, and frankly, I can think of a whole host of things I would rather be doing." (OP27) "Where will you go, Dumbledore?" whispered Professor McGonagall, "Grimmauld Place?" "Oh, no," said Dumbledore with a grim smile. "I am not leaving to go into hiding.

Fudge will soon wish he'd never dislodged me from Hogwarts, I promise you...." (OP27) "As (the door) swung closed behind them, Harry heard Phineas Nigellus' voice. "You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on may counts ... but you cannot deny he's got style...." (OP27) Dumbledore sped down the steps past Neville and Harry, who had no more thought of leaving. Dumbledore was already at the foot of the steps when the Death Eaters nearest realized he was there. There were yells; one of the Death Eaters ran for it, scrabbling like a monkey up the stone steps opposite. Dumbledore's spell pulled him back as easily and effortlessly as though he had hooked him with an invisible line -- ( OP35 ) Battle of the Dept. of Mysteries: "It was foolish to come here tonight, Tom," said Dumbledore calmly. "The Aurors are on their way –" ( OP36 ) Voldemort: "You do not seek to kill me, Dumbledore?" called Voldemort, his scarlet eyes narrowed over the top of the shield.

"Above such brutality, are you?" "We both know there are other ways of destroying a man, Tom." Dumbledore said calmly. "Merely taking your life would not satisfy me, I admit – " "There is nothing worse than death, Dumbledore!" snarled Voldemort. "You are quite wrong," said Dumbledore, still closing in upon Voldemort and speaking as lightly as though they were discussing the matter over drinks. Harry felt scared to see him walking along, undefended, shieldless. He wanted to cry out a warning, but his headless guard kept shunting him backward toward the wall, blocking his every attempt to get out from behind it. "Indeed your failure to understand that there are things much worse than death has always been your greatest weakness –" ( OP36 ) Harry: "Let me out," he said. He was shaking from head to foot. "No," said Dumbledore simply. For a few seconds they stared at each other. "Let me out," Harry said again. "No," Dumbledore repeated. "If you don't -- if you keep me in here -- if you don't let me --" "By all means continue destroying my possessions," said Dumbledore serenely.

"I daresay I have too many." ( OP37 ) To Harry: "It is time," he said, "for me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything. I ask only a little patience. You will have your chance to rage at me – to do whatever you like – when I have finished. I will not stop you." ( OP37 ) "But I knew too where Voldemort was weak. And so I made my decision. You would be protected by an ancient magic of which he knows, which he despises, and which he has always, therefore, underestimated – to his cost. I am speaking, of course, of the fact that your mother died to save you. She gave you a lingering protection he never expected, a protection that flows in your veins to this day. I put my trust, therefore, in your mother's blood. I delivered you to her sister, her only remaining relative." "She doesn't love me," said Harry at once. "She doesn't give a damn --" "But she took you," Dumbledore cut across him.

"She may have taken you grudgingly, furiously, unwillingly, bitterly, yet still she took you, and in doing so, she sealed the charm I placed upon you. Your mother's sacrifice made the bond of blood the strongest shield I could give you." "I still don't --" "While you can still call home the place where your mother's blood dwells, there you cannot be touched or harmed by Voldemort. He shed her blood, but it lives on in you and her sister. Her blood became your refuge. You need return there only once a year, but as long as you can still call it home, there he cannot hurt you. Your aunt knows this. I explained what I had done in the letter I left, with you, on her doorstep. She knows that allowing you houseroom may well have kept you alive for the past fifteen years." ( OP37 ) "Five years ago, then," continued Dumbledore, as though he had not paused in his story, "you arrived at Hogwarts, neither as happy nor as well-nourished as I would have liked, perhaps, yet alive and healthy.

You were not a pampered little prince, but as normal a boy as I could have hoped under the circumstances." ( OP37 ) "I cared about you too much," said Dumbledore simply. "I cared more for your happiness than your knowing the truth, more for your peace of mind than my plan, more for your life than the lives that might be lost if the plan failed. In other words, I acted exactly as Voldemort expects we fools who love to act." "Is there a defense? I defy anyone who has watched you as I have — and I have watched you more closely than you can have imagined — not to want to save you more pain than you had already suffered. What did I care if numbers of nameless and faceless people and creatures were slaughtered in the vague future, if in the here and now you were alive, and well, and happy? I never dreamed that I would have such a person on my hands." ( OP37 ) "Voldemort tried to kill you when you were a child because of a prophecy made shortly before your birth. He knew the prophecy had been made, though he did not know its full contents.

He set out to kill you when you were still a baby, believing he was fulfilling the terms of the prophecy. He discovered, to his cost, that he was mistaken, when the curse intended to kill you backfired. And so since his return to his body, and particularly since your extraordinary escape from him last year, he has been determined to hear that prophecy in its entirety. This is the weapon he has been seeking so assiduously since his return: the knowledge of how to destroy you." ( OP37 ) "He chose the boy he thought most likely to be a danger to him," said Dumbledore. "And notice this, Harry. He chose, not the pureblood (which according to his creed, is the only kind of wizard worth being or knowing), but the half-blood like himself.

He saw himself in you before he had ever seen you, and in marking you with that scar, he did not kill you, as he intended, but gave you powers, and a future, which have fitted you to escape him not once, but four times so far -- something that neither your parents, nor Neville's parents, ever achieved." ( OP37 ) "There is a room in the Department of Mysteries," interrupted Dumbledore, "that is kept locked at all times. It contains a force that is at once more wonderful and more terrible than death, than human intelligence, than forces of nature. It is also, perhaps, the most mysterious of the many subjects for study that reside there. It is the power held within that room that you possess in such quantities and which Voldemort has not at all. That power took you to save Sirius tonight. That power also saved you from possession by Voldemort, because he could not bear to reside in a body so full of the force he detests. In the end, it mattered not that you could not close your mind. It was your heart that saved you." Harry closed his eyes. If he had not gone to save Sirius, Sirius would not have died....

More to stave off the moment when he would have to think of Sirius again, Harry asked, without caring much about the answer, "The end of the prophecy ... it was something about ... 'neither one can live...'" "'...while the other survives,'" said Dumbledore. "So," said Harry, dredging up the words from what he felt like a deep well of despair inside him, "so does that mean that ... that one of us has got to kill the other one ... in the end?" "Yes," said Dumbledore.

( OP37 ) From Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince "And now, Harry , let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure." ( HBP3 ) Related pages: Harry Potter Top 200 Clues Quiz - By Allatt93 Owns the robe shop in Diagon Alley 25 Spied for the death eaters and worked in the department of mysteries 24 Barman of the leaky cauldron 24 Only ghost that can control Peeves 23 Tried to break into the department of mysteries whilst under the imperius curse 23 Works in the magical maintenance department 23 Head of the goblin-liason office 23 Has an identical twin sister in Gryffindor 23 Death eater that was defence against the dark arts teacher 23 Takes over from the Fat Lady to the annoyance of many Gryffindors 23 Led the charge of the centaurs in the battle of Hogwarts 22 Replaced Pucey as a chaser on the slytherin team 22 Interview With J. K. Rowling | Scholastic Back Interview With J. K.

Rowling On February 3, 2000, classrooms across America went online to ask J. K. Rowling their burning questions about Harry Potter. Below is the transcript from that interview. Grades 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 WARNING: The transcript below reveals plot elements from books in the Harry Potter series. If you have not read all these books, you may not want to continue. Did you make up the plot in every aspect first by charting the characters and knowing exactly what you would do with them, or did you just piece a lot of it together as you wrote? I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write. It's more fun. :-) Do you now or have you in the past kept a journal? If so, do you believe that it helps in your writing? I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks. I get bored with my life. I prefer inventing things. What is Nearly Headless Nick's last name? It's in Book I: De Mimsy-Porpington. ;-) Why does Professor Dumbledore like sherbet lemons? Because I like sherbet lemons!

And he's got good taste. :-) Was it hard to think of the monsters' names? Some of the monsters are from folklore, so I didn't invent them. In Book IV you'll see some creatures I did invent, and I had fun making up their names. What do you think has been your greatest experience because of Harry Potter's success? The last American tour. Because for the first time I realized how many children love Harry. It was a moving experience for me. What makes some witches/wizards become ghosts after they die and some not? You don't really find that out until Book VII, but I can say that the happiest people do not become ghosts. As you might guess, Moaning Myrtle! How long have you been writing? As far back as I can remember. The first story I finished was when I was 6 years old. What would your advice be to any other young people that would want to write stories? The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary. And it's a lot of fun! And also, start by writing about things you know — your own experiences, your own feelings.

That's what I do. What did the Potter parents do for a living before Voldemort killed them? I'm sorry to keep saying this, but I can't tell you because it's important to a later plot. But you will find out later! In the first book you said Slytherin house Quidditch captain was sixth year Marcus Flint. If there are only seven years of Hogwarts, why is he in the third book? He had to do a year again! :-) How do students at Hogwarts get educated in Muggle subjects? Do they even need to know other things besides magic? They can choose to study Muggle subjects. In the third book, Hermione takes the class Muggles Studies, and that's where they learn about Muggles in school. Since Harry Potter's parents were sorcerers and Petunia was Harry's mother's sister. Shouldn't Petunia be a witch or wizard? No. As Hagrid explains in Book I, sometimes a witch or a wizard occurs in an otherwise Muggle family, just as a Squib is a non-magic person who occurs in an otherwise magic family. Do you think that you will write about Harry after he graduates from Hogwarts? Isn't there a University of Wizardry?

No, there's no University for Wizards. At the moment I'm only planning to write seven Harry Potter books. I won't say "never," but I have no plans to write an eighth book. Will we ever get a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher who lasts more than a year? I'm not telling you. ;-) Is Harry Potter ever going to fall in love with Hermione or is he going to fall in love with Ginny Weasley? In Book IV Harry does decide he likes a girl, but it's not Hermione or Ginny. However, he's only 14, so there's plenty of time for him to change his mind. ;-) If you had to choose one teacher from your books to teach your child, who would it be and why? It would be Professor Lupin, because he is kind, clever, and gives very interesting lessons. How many countries have you visited since writing Harry Potter? Um...let me think. Spain, Italy, France, America. That's all. I will be visiting lots more, but because my daughter's still so young, I don't like to travel too much. Unless I can take her with me. Will Harry ever get a break and not live with the Dursleys?

I'm not going to tell you! ;-) Will we ever see Scabbers again? Yes. You will see Scabbers again. Will Harry ever get to go with his godfather (Cornelius Black)? He is in contact with Sirius Black in Book IV, but as Sirius is on the run, it's difficult for them to be together at the moment. Is it true you're doing seven books, one for each year that Harry will be at Hogwarts? Yes, it is true. Do you have an actual floorplan for Hogwarts? Do you use it when writing the books? I haven't drawn it, because it would be difficult for the most skilled architect to draw, owing to the fact that the staircases and the rooms keep moving. However, I have a very vivid mental image of what it looks like. What made you think of the people's names and dormitories at Hogwarts? I invented the names of the Houses on the back of an airplane sick bag! This is true. I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character. Do you take real people you know and put them in your books?

The closest I've come to putting a real person in my books is with Gilderoy Lockhart, who is an exaggeration of someone I once knew. John Weasley is a little bit like my oldest friend, a man I was at school with, whose name is Sean. But neither of them are accurate portraits. How long does it take to write one Harry Potter book? It depends. The quickest, so far, was a year. How does it feel to know that millions of kids are reading your books? Amazing! I don't think I really realized how many there were until I visited the States and met thousands and thousands of people at book signings. How did you come up with Harry Potter? Harry just sort of strolled into my head, on a train journey. He arrived very fully formed. It was as though I was meeting him for the first time. Why are the gnomes bad? What do they do? Gnomes eat the roots of your plants, and make little heaps of earth, like moles do. They are also a bit of a giveaway that wizards live in a house. Did you ever meet a boy like Harry? I probably met a boy like Harry, since I've been meeting readers of the Harry books.

But he wasn't based on anyone real. Are any of your female characters, like Hermione, modeled after your own daughter? No, if Hermione was based on anyone, she was based on me when I was younger. But my daughter is turning out to be a bit like me, so she is a bit like Hermione. :-) Was there a particular teacher who encouraged you to write when you were a child? If there was, how did he or she encourage or help you? I had some wonderful teachers, but I never confided that I wanted to be a writer. So, no. Writing for me is a kind of compulsion, so I don't think anyone could have made me do it, or prevented me from doing it. Where were you born and what was your childhood like? I was born in a place called Chipping, so perhaps that explains my love of silly names. How can two Muggles have a kid with magical powers? Also how does the Ministry of Magic find out these kids have powers? It's the same as two black-haired people producing a redheaded child. Sometimes these things just happen, and no one really knows why! The Ministry of Magic doesn't find out which children are magic.

In Hogwarts there's a magical quill which detects the birth of a magical child, and writes his or her name down in a large parchment book. Every year Professor McGonagall checks the book, and sends owls to the people who are turning 11. Does Harry give Christmas gifts to his friends? The books mention only gifts he receives. I am interested in knowing whether he gives gifts and if they are appropriate for the receiver. Ron is very sensitive about his poverty, and Harry knows that Ron might be offended if he tried to give him too much. Ron feels awkward accepting too much from Harry. Do you have a role model, if so, who? I don't really have a role model, but I have a heroine! Her name was Jessica Mitford, and she was a human rights activist. When you were my age, did you ever write a book? I am in the 5th grade. Yes, as a matter of fact I did. I wrote a story about seven cursed diamonds. I thought it was a novel. I think now it was really a very long short story. Where is Azkaban?

Return of the Biju Who Lived Chapter 2, a Harry Potter + Naruto Crossover fanfic | FanFiction Powerful enough entity or person in transformation speaking 'Powerful enough entity or person in transformation using an Jutsu' POWERFUL ENOUGH ENTITY OR PERSON IN TRANSFORMATION SHOUTING 'POWERFUL ENOUGH ENTITY OR PERSON IN TRANSFORMATION SHOUTING AN JUTSU' (Side Notes) Notes: Chakra and Magic are very similar things in this story as is Yoki though it is found in Yokai and Biju just to warn you I am using my Fangirl Sakura model for this story instead of my Shinobi Sakura model as I am in a couple of other stories I am writing so she is being bashed in it just so you know. I have played around with Rock Lee's disability in this story so some things about his condition which in this story verse Might Guy and a certain other person introduced in this chapter share so be forewarned. All Wizarding Spells in this story have Adept variants in the Elemental Nations so I have created some Jutsu's for that purpose in this story.

Philosophers Stone Arc Chapter Two: Matters The Next Morning at Hogwarts after the group woke up and Kunai the house Elf retrieved at Kushina's request and with a letter to those whom needed to know where they had gotten she had retrieved the other members of Team Kushina that she was teaching in addition to her son. The First was the young Heir of the Uchiha clan Sasuke Uchiha, The Second was a member of the Shihoin clan of Konoha whom had re-named herself Morning Lotus whom had Dark Skin a athletic muscular build and C cup breasts. Morning Lotus also wore clothes very similar to Morning Lotus's Idol Might Guy and even styled her purple hair similarly to her current mentor's former student though Lotus still had problems similar to Rock Lee and her idol. Mom where are we and what's going on? Asked Naruto in confusion and Kushina grinned before Kunai appeared with Sasuke and Morning Lotus. YOSH THE SPRINGTIME OF YOUTH IS UPON US SENSEI SAMA HAS SUMMONED US TO… began Lotus Girl Dobe please spare our ear drums we don't need this at this time in the morning said Sasuke as stoically as possible.

So Kushina began to explain the situation to the students they were staying at a place called Hogwarts for now while her Husband took care of things at this place called the Wizengamot which was apparently this realms government. She also told of the events leading to this point in time YOSH MY MOST YOUTHFUL SENSEI I CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW THIS LANDS PEOPLE HOW I BURST OUTWARDS WITH THE FLAMES OF YOUTH shouted Lotus. Naruto and Sasuke though fond of their teammate whom in a sense was the glue that held them together as they fought quite a lot despite being the best of friends but she could be a bit much at times they were sure this was how Tenten and Neji felt about Lee. Kushina smiled at her most hardworking and ambitious of students even more so than her own son though Naruto and Sasuke were hardworking on their own they paled in comparison to Morning Lotus. Just then Severus Snape and Sirius Black walked in and stared at them especially Morning Lotus and Sasuke and unawares of their guests Lotus continued on her rant.

IF I Can't SHOW ENGLAND MY FLAMES OF YOUTH THAN SENSEI I SHALL RUN 500 LAPS AROUND THIS CASTLE AND IF I Can't DO THAT I SHALL SCALE ITS VERY WALLS WITH JUST MY FINGER 500 TIMES AND… she was cut off by Snape clearing his throat. Lotus's head snapped towards the two newcomers immediately as Sirius's eyes swam in amusement at the girl's choice of attire and loud very Gryffindor personality though Snape for himself saw the girls Slytherin Ambition and resourcefulness burning brightly in her eyes. So Mom whom are they? Said Naruto and Sirius and Severus turned their heads towards the Hanyo now dressed and standing up and both proceeded to introduce themselves to the group though Snape was doing so because he didn't want to be shown up by Sirius. Meanwhile elsewhere Albus Dumbledore after informing Minister Cornelius Fudge of everything via letter had brought Minato Namikaze whom was now decked in his Hokage attire to the Wizengamot.

Minato sighed he had gotten quite the lot of looks from many females on the way here and wondered why he had left Kushina at home he was considered by the lands laws something called a Pure Blood a term that did disturb him slightly. The Old man Albus Dumbledore had insisted on guiding him here and he had been very grateful for that help as it had been quite hard to get to this place even with the old man's help. Ah Albus is this him the man you brought with the woman who lived? Said an elderly voice and he saw another elderly man approaching him speaking Yes Cornelius this is Mr. Namikaze Lady Potter's husband said Albus. And where is Lady Potter now? Inquired this Cornelius whom looked around for a bit at Hogwarts safe from her enemies said Albus Not that Kyubi Chan needs protection said Minato. Cornelius Fudge had been told by Dumbledore of what had happened since he was minister of magic and the old politician knew that many would not take kindly to the potter heiress as she was turned into being a Magical creature technically.

But one thing remained Pure Bloods even those with blood purist beliefs shared a strange relationship with Yokai as the Potter heir was now one based on mutual persecution by Muggles and forged in fire. Despite what she once he has become Lady Potter is still considered by ancient law the heiress of the Potter fortune and it is best for us wizards not to meddle in the choices of divine beings such as Death said Cornelius looking serious which seemed out of character for him. Anyhow we should get into the chambers the Wizengamot is going to be in session soon Albus Mr. Namikaze Potter please follow me said the Minister motioning for them to follow him into the chambers. End of Chapter Rather short I know please don't mind I hope you review just don't flame me I don't flame others so please return the curtsy. < Prev Next >

Question: Who is the Minister of Magic in Harry Potter And The Philosopher's stone?
Answer: Cornelius Fudge